Question follow-through · 100373

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying bandings to regional areas of the UK to the base minimum salary thresholds and occupation-specific going rates for businesses employin

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
18 Dec 2025
Answer
22 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying bandings to regional areas of the UK to the base minimum salary thresholds and occupation-specific going rates for businesses employin

  2. 18 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    We do not plan to introduce varying salary requirements based on location. Our aim is to have a single immigration system which works for the whole of the UK.Every occupation is expected to be paid at least the “going rate”, which is set at the median for...

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